Should the Island follow the UK and ban disposable vapes?

Government is yet to confirm if it’s planning to follow the United Kingdom’s move to ban disposal vapes.

The UK Government wants to bring in new legislation, by 2025, due to concerns for children's health.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also wants flavours to be restricted too to make them less attractive.

Here on the Isle of Man a new law - restricting the selling of vapes to under-18s - is currently awaiting Royal Assent.

Manx Radio has asked the Isle of Man Government whether or not the UK's move could impact plans and restrictions here - we are yet to receive a response.

Giles Day, the owner of Offshore Vapes in Douglas, has previously criticised disposable vapes:

Manx Radio asked these people on Strand Street if they’d welcome a total ban on the throwaway products here:

There's also been concern in recent years over the environmental impact of disposable vapes with questions about the 'correct' way to dispose of the items.

Douglas Council has a container for them, next to other batteries, at the Eastern Civic Amenity Site. 

It adds it "would discourage householders from putting them in their normal rubbish in the same way they would discourage doing this with other batteries – it can lead to fires – so they should bring them to the civic amenity site and dispose of them properly."

Recently a store in Port St Mary offered to help people recycle disposable vapes: